Sunday, March 1, 2020

八卦 nosy/meddlesome

"八卦" 作為名詞 一般是 gossip.

作形容詞或人物, 英文有好多種講法:

1. 愛打聽的
  • (formal) inquisitive
  • (informal) nosy; prying
e.g. "My neighbour is nosy. She always keeps looking into my window."
        You can ignore the prying journalists.

愛打聽的人: 八婆, 八公
  • gossipmonger
  • nosy parker
愛說"八卦" 的人, 長舌婦
  • blabbermouth
2. 好管閒事的
  • (formal) meddlesome 
e.g. A meddlesome woman who always likes to get in others' business is annoying.

好管閒事的人
  • busybody
e.g. His mom is a busybody. She always likes to give advice to his romantic life.


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